Renegades: Born in the USA
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Renegades: Born in the USA is a series of conversations between President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen about their lives, music, and enduring love of America—despite all its challenges.

Introducing “The Sum of Us”

In a new series from Higher Ground, author Heather McGhee embarks on a road trip across Covid-era America, unearthing stories of American hope and sol...
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Looking Towards American Renewal

President Obama and Bruce discuss the hope for American unification, they ask themselves what defines cultural appropriation, and Bruce shares memorie...
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Fatherhood

President Obama and Bruce discuss starting their families, the feelings experienced when their children were born, and balancing fatherhood with their...
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Money & the American Dream

President Obama and Bruce discuss the relationship between money and economic class, growing up with income inequality. They unpack what it meant to n...
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Traveling the U.S. & Finding Home

President Obama and Bruce Springsteen discuss the loss of American innocence during the 1960s. They relate on the romance of the open road when young ...
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American Music

President Obama and Bruce sit down to talk popular music, their early musical influences and memories, and the inspiration behind Springsteen’s Broadw...
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Race in the United States

President Obama and Bruce Springsteen discuss protest songs, reparations, and their relationships with John Lewis and Clarence Clemmons. They reflect ...
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Our Unlikely Friendship

President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen discuss how their friendship began. They share how race and racism in their hometowns defined their feeli...
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